Football Association child sex abuse review 'not enough'

The FA has been too slow in reacting to allegations of sexual abuse in football and must launch a "much wider" inquiry, Conservative MP Damian Collins says.
The culture, media and sport committee chairman told the BBC the FA review into claims ex-players were abused as children needed to establish if there was a cultural problem in the sport.
The FA's internal review will look at what officials and clubs knew and when.
Governing body Fifa said it was monitoring the situation closely.
Four police forces say they are now investigating historical allegations of child sex abuse.
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